Abstract:
This study aims to identify the extent to which
Sudanese EFL teachers at secondary school level apply
CLT in their teaching of grammar, and the identification of
the
difficulties
and
challenges
they
face
in
the
implementation of CLT practices in teaching grammar in
Sudanese contexts. The study is composed of five
chapters. Chapter one is an introductory chapter which
illustrates the theoretical frame work of the study. Chapter
two shows the review of the literature and the previous
studies. Chapter three shows the methodology ojf the
study. Chapter four shows the data analysis and chapter
five shows the findings, implications suggestions and
recommendations of the study.
Amixed method research design was used as a
methodology of data collection. Participants of this study
were thirty nine teachers to fill in the questionnaire, five
teachers were observed by the researcher in their
classrooms and six interviewee were interviewed by the
researcher,moreover fifty nine students at 3rd grade
secondary school level were observed by the researcher to
study the effect of communicative language teaching in
their comprehension to grammatical item . the study has
reached the conclusion that teachers neglect using CLT as
a teaching methodology , moreover there are some
difficulties related to the teachers that hinder them from
using this method as well as learners difficulties that
hinder them from learning via this method . However, the
study has made recommendations to update the SPINE
series to be more communicative syllabus as well as
changing the EFL environment in Sudan to be suitable for
the application of CLT and finally the availability of
authentic materials.
